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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2015.16.2.1339

Experimental Performance Evaluation on V-shaped Butt Welding Using GMA Welding Double Wire Reel and Remote Control Torch Welding Technique  

Kim, Jeong-Hyeok (Department of Shipbuilding & Marine, and Ocean Kunjang University)
Oh, Seck-Hyeog (Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering Kunsan University)
Lee, Hae-Gil (Department of Shipbuilding & Marine, and Ocean Kunjang University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.16, no.2, 2015 , pp. 1339-1347 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study discusses a remote control torch system equipped with a GMAW double wire reel. The welding machine is 30m away from the wire feeder at the industrial site and the feeder is three to five meters away from the torch. Accordingly, the welders cannot control the current and voltage that meets the welding condition during work when they are working at a place that prevents them from seeing the control panel, such as inside a vehicle or tank or at a far work site. They also have no choice but to stop working to change the wire reel when it is burned out completely. Such work suspension resulting from frequent moves to adjust the current and voltage as well as to replace the wire and subsequent cooling causes welding defects. This study produced a remote control torch equipped with a double wire reel by simplifying and streamlining the existing GMAW functions to reduce the troubling issue. The remote control torch equipped with a double wire reel and the existing $CO_2$ /MAG welding torch were applied as a V-groove butt in the vertical position using 6mm rolled steel for a SM50A welding structure. After welding, the condition of welded surface beads underwent a visual inspection and radiographic inspection to analyze the welding quality inside the welded part. This study also evaluated the reduction of welding defects, cost saving, the replacing performance against the existing commercial welders, and the effects on possible compatibility.
Keywords
Gas metal arc welding; Wire feeding; Double wire reel; Remote control torch; Radiographic test;
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